diff --git a/src/org/torproject/android/TorConstants.java b/src/org/torproject/android/TorConstants.java
index c31f2522..4346568e 100644
--- a/src/org/torproject/android/TorConstants.java
+++ b/src/org/torproject/android/TorConstants.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public interface TorConstants {
 	public final static int FILE_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;
 	
 	//path to check Tor against
-	public final static String URL_TOR_CHECK = "http://check.torproject.org";
+	public final static String URL_TOR_CHECK = "https://check.torproject.org";
 	
     public final static int STATUS_UNAVAILABLE = -1;
     public final static int STATUS_REQUIRES_DEMAND = 0;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public interface TorConstants {
     
     public final static String TORRC_DEFAULT = 
     		"SocksPort 9050\nSocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1\nSafeSocks 1\nDNSPort 5400\nLog notice stdout\nLog debug syslog\nDataDirectory /data/data/org.torproject.android/data\n"
-    	+ "ControlPort 9051\nCookieAuthentication 1\nRelayBandwidthRate 20 KBytes\nRelayBandwidthBurst 20 KBytes\n";
+    	+ "ControlPort 9051\nCookieAuthentication 1\nRelayBandwidthRate 20 KBytes\nRelayBandwidthBurst 20 KBytes\nAutomapHostsOnResolve 1\nTransPort 9040\n";
     	
     public final static String INTENT_TOR_SERVICE = "org.torproject.android.service.TOR_SERVICE";
     	
diff --git a/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorRoot.java b/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorRoot.java
index d2f9fcfd..2224d227 100644
--- a/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorRoot.java
+++ b/src/org/torproject/android/service/TorRoot.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ public final class TorRoot {
 
 	private final static String CMD_NAT_FLUSH = "iptables -t nat -F || exit\n";
 	private final static String CMD_NAT_IPTABLES_80 = "iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 127.0.0.1:8118 || exit\n";
+	private final static String CMD_NAT_IPTABLES_443 = "iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j DNAT --to 127.0.0.1:9040 || exit\n";
+
 	private final static String CMD_DNS_PROXYING = "iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to 127.0.0.1:5400 || exit\n";
 	
 	public static boolean enableDNSProxying ()
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public final class TorRoot {
 			int code;
 			
 			script.append(CMD_NAT_IPTABLES_80);
-			
+			script.append(CMD_NAT_IPTABLES_443);
 			/*
 			int uid = android.os.Process.getUidForName("dhcp");
 			if (uid != -1) script.append("iptables -A OUTPUT " + itfFilter + " -m owner --uid-owner " + uid + " -j ACCEPT || exit\n");